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EXPANSIBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does expansible mean?
• EXPANSIBLE (adjective)
The adjective EXPANSIBLE has 2 senses:
1. able to expand or be expanded
2. (of gases) capable of expansion
Familiarity information: EXPANSIBLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Able to expand or be expanded
Synonyms:
expandable; expandible; expansible
Similar:
expansive (able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion)
Derivation:
expand (become larger in size or volume or quantity)
expand (grow vigorously)
expand (make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity)
expand (extend in one or more directions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of gases) capable of expansion
Synonyms:
expandable; expandible; expansible; expansile
Similar:
elastic (capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy)
Derivation:
expand (become larger in size or volume or quantity)
expand (extend in one or more directions)
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